## Sefer HaMiddot, Distancing the Wicked, Part II

###### Sefer HaMiddot, Distancing the Wicked, Part II 1
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א. מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מֵבִין רִשְׁעַת הָרְשָׁעִים הַצְּבוּעִים, הוּא מְתֹעָב.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One who does not see through the deception of the wicked is detested [by God].


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Distancing the Wicked, Part II 2
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ב. הַצְּבוּעִים גּוֹרְמִים כְּאֵב עֵינַיִם לַהֲמוֹן עַם, הַטּוֹעִים בָּם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Imposters cause those whom they deceive to suffer pain of the eyes.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Distancing the Wicked, Part II 3
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ג. צָרִיךְ אָדָם לִשְׁמר אֶת עַצְמוֹ, מִלְּנַשֵּׁק אֶת עַצְמוֹ עִם רְשָׁעִים, כִּי עַל יְדֵי הַנְּשִׁיקָה נַעֲשֲׂה בֵּינֵיהֶם הִתְקַשְּׁרוּת גַּם לְאַחַר מִיתָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person should avoid exchanging kisses with the wicked, for the kiss creates a bond that lasts even after death.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Distancing the Wicked, Part II 4
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ד. יֵשׁ בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁהֵם מִינִים וְאֶפִּיקוֹרְסִים גְּדוֹלִים, אֲבָל הֵם אֵינָם מְגַלִּים אֶפִּיקוֹרְסוּת, וְאֵין בֶּן אָדָם יוֹדֵעַ לִשְׁמר אֶת עַצְמוֹ, אֲבָל עַל יְדֵי מִדַּת הַצְּנִיעוּת אָדָם נִצּוֹל מֵאֵלּוּ הָאֶפִּיקוֹרְסִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are people who, despite being filled with heresy and atheism, are able to keep their thoughts hidden. [Their deception is so clever that] a person who comes in contact with them has no idea that he has to protect himself from them. However, when a person possesses the quality of modesty, he will be saved from such atheists.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Distancing the Wicked, Part II 5
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ה. הָרְשָׁעִים אֵינָם מְבַלְבְּלִים אוֹתָנוּ מֵעֲבוֹדָתֵנוּ בַּעֲבֵרוֹת שֶׁעוֹבְרִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּבַלְבְּלִים אוֹתָנוּ בְּמִצְווֹת שֶׁהֵם עוֹשִׂים, בִּשְׁבִיל זֶה: גּוֹי שֶׁשָּׁבַת חַיָּב מִיתָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The wicked disrupt our serving God more by the *mitzvot*they do than by the sins they commit. This is the reason a gentile who observes Shabbat deserves death.